The following is the filmography and stage work of Academy Award winning actress and director Helen Hunt.
Filmography
Film Year Title Role Notes 1977 Rollercoaster Tracy Calder The Spell Kristina Matchett 1984 Trancers Leena 1985 Waiting to Act Tracy Short film Girls Just Want to Have Fun Lynne Stone 1986 The Frog Prince Princess Henrietta Peggy Sue Got Married Beth Bodell 1987 Project X Teri MacDonald Mary Voice role 1988 Stealing Home Hope Wyatt Miles from Home Jennifer 1989 Next of Kin Jessie Gates 1991 Trancers II Lena Deth 1992 Anna Only You Clare Enfield Bob Roberts Rose Pondell Mr. Saturday Night Annie Wells Trancers III Lena Deth 1993 Sexual Healing Rene Short film 1995 Kiss of Death Bev Kilmartin 1996 Twister Dr. Jo Harding 1997 As Good as It Gets Carol Connelly 2000 Dr. T & the Women Bree Davis Pay It Forward Arlene McKinney Cast Away Kelly Frears What Women Want Darcy McGuire 2001 One Night at McCool's Truck driver Scenes deleted Betty Ann Fitzgerald 2004 Mrs. Erlynne 2006 Bobby Samantha Stevens 2007 Then She Found Me April Epner Also co-screenwriter, producer and director 2010 Every Day Jeannie Freed 2011 Soul Surfer Cheri Hamilton Jock the Hero Dog Jess Voice role 2012 The Sessions Cheryl Cohen-Greene 2013Decoding Annie Parker Dr. Mary-Claire King 2014 Ride Jackie Durning Also writer, director, and producer 2017 I Love You, Daddy Aura Topher 2018 The Miracle Season Kathy Bresnahan Candy Jar Kathy 2019 I See You Jackie Harper 2020 The Night Clerk Ethel Bromley 2021 How It Ends Lucinda 2025 In Cold Light Claire TBA Tower Stories Post-production
Television Year Title Role Notes 1973 Pioneer Woman Sarah Sargeant Movie 1974–1975 Amy Prentiss Jill Prentiss Main role; 3 episodes 1975 Death Scream Teila Rodriguez Movie 1975–1976 Helga Wagner Main role; 20 episodes 1975 All Together Now Susan Lindsay Movie 1976 Ark II Diana Episode: "Omega" Having Babies Sharon McNamara Movie 1977 The Spell Kristina Matchett Kerry Gerardi Main role; 9 episodes Laurie Slaughter Episode: "Murray Ghosts for Ted" 1978 Princess Aura Episode: "Sanctuary Earth" 1979 Transplant Janice Hurley Movie 1980 The Facts of Life Emily Episode: "Dope" 1980, 1981 Knots Landing Betsy, Brenda Episodes: "Hitchhike" (Part 2), "Step One" 1981 CBS Afternoon Playhouse Phoebe Episode: "I Think I'm Having a Baby" Child Bride of Short Creek Naomi Movie Darkroom Nancy Lawrence Episode: "The Bogeyman Will Get You" Angel Dusted Lizzie Eaton Movie Kathy Miller 1982 Desperate Lives Sandy Cameron Gimme a Break! Valerie Episode: "An Unmarried Couple" 1982–1983 It Takes Two Lisa Quinn Main role; 22 episodes 1983 Bill: On His Own Jenny Wells Movie Quarterback Princess Tami Maida Choices of the Heart Cathy 1984 Sweet Revenge Debbie Markham 1985 Highway to Heaven Lizzy MacGill Episode: "Thoroughbreds" (Parts 1 & 2) 1984–1986 St. Elsewhere Clancy Williams Recurring role; 8 episodes 1988 Shooter Tracey Movie 1989 Incident at Dark River Jesse McCandless 1990 China Beach Amanda 'Sissy' Simpson Episode: "The Thanks of a Grateful Nation" 1991 My Life and Times Rebecca Miller Main role; 6 episodes Murder in New Hampshire: The Pamela Wojas Smart Story Pamela Smart Movie Into the Badlands Blossom 1992–1999; 2019 Mad About You Jamie Stemple Buchman Main role; 162 episodes 1993 In the Company of Darkness Gina Pulasky Movie 1994, 1997 Saturday Night Live Herself (host) 2 episodes 1995 Friends Jamie Buchman Episode: "The One with Two Parts: Part 1"; 1998 Renee (voice) Episode: "Dumbbell Indemnity" Twelfth Night Viola Movie 2005 Empire Falls Janine Roby Miniseries 2017 Shots Fired Governor Patricia Eamons Main role 2019 World on FireNancy Campbell Main role; 7 episodes2021–2023BlindspottingRaineyRecurring role; 12 episodes2024–2025HacksWinnie LandellRecurring role; 8 episodes
Director Year Title Notes 1998, 1999, 2019 Mad About You Episodes: "Cheating on Sheila", "Mother's Day", "Farmer Buchman", "The Final Frontier" (Parts 1 & 2), "The Kid Leaves" 2007 Then She Found Me 2012 Californication Episode: "At the Movies" 2013, 2015 Revenge Episodes: "Retribution", "Loss" 2014 Ride 2016 Life in Pieces Episode: "Window Vanity Dress Grace"House of LiesEpisode: "Violent Agreement" This Is Us Episode: "Last Christmas" 2017 Feud: Bette and Joan Episode: "Abandoned!"2018American HousewifeEpisodes: "Selling Out", "The Inheritance"Splitting Up TogetherEpisode: "Soups Jealous"2019The PoliticianEpisode: “Gone Girl”
Stage Year Title Role Notes 1989 Our Town Emily Webb Lincoln Center Theater"Helen Hunt," About The Artists. Accessed May 25, 2020. 1990 The Taming of the Shrew Bianca Minola New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater 1998 Twelfth Night Viola Lincoln Center Theater 2003 Life x 3 Sonia Circle in the Square Theatre 2010 Our Town Stage Manager Barrow Street Theatre Much Ado About Nothing Beatrice Shakespeare Center of Los Angeles 2012 Our Town Stage Manager Santa Monica College Performing Arts Center 2019 Working Angie White Encores! at City Center2022Eureka DaySuzanneThe Old Vic2025BetrayalEmmaGoodman Theatre2026The Cherry OrchardMadame RanyevskayaRoyal Shakespeare Company
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